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Language specific styling: direction

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August 2 2005

In the series of language specific styling, this article will focus on writing direction. Before we start, it is important to realize one thing: languages do not have a direction � scripts do. Some languages can be written in more than one script, respecting the script�s direction. Although script codes are standardized (iso 15924), they are not � yet � used in markup for that purpose. Therefor, it is important to supply sufficient dir attributes via markup, on top of the language declarations.

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